Summary English – Principles & History of Literary Criticism – Criticism in Ancient Greece

English – Principles & History of Literary Criticism – Criticism in Ancient Greece – Plato – Judicial Criticism before Plato, The Life of Plato, Plato’s Theory of Ideas, Plato’s Indictment of Poetry, Plato’s views on Drama, Plato’s Contribution to Criticism – Aristotle – The Life of Aristotle, A Consideration of “The Poetics”, “The Poetics” : Its Value, The Concept of Imitation or “Mimesis”, Poetic Truth, History & Philosophy, Definition of Tragedy, parts of Tragedy, The Story of “Oedipus”, The Tragic Hero, Relative Importance of Plot and Character in Tragedy, The Function of Tragedy : “Catharsis”, Structure of the Tragic Plot, The Three Unities, Aristotle’s views on Comedy, Aristotle’s views on Epic & Tragedy, Aristotle’s Contribution to Literary Criticism, Importance of “The Poetics”